The Afghan Hound breed history started in Europe, without regard to a few early representatives that left no lasting influences in the pedigrees of today, in the early 1920′s. The australian Afghan Hound breed history started a decade later than in Europe. Some authors guess this may have to do with Australia’s distance to the originally Afghan Hound territories. The remoteness is possibly a factor but we should not forget that the first imports arrived in Europe via a very long sea journey from India. However, beside this scientifically discussion most of us will be first interested in the vivid australian breed history.
Who else but one of the most successful and well known australian breeders could give us an overview concerning the australian Afghan Hound breed history. With particular thanks to Mr. Jim Hickie of Gengala Afghans, for providing his comprehensive documentation of the australian breed history from its beginning through the end of the last century to Afghan Hound .net. Finally I would like to refer you to the Pedigree Database where by far most of the mentioned Afghan Hounds can be found. For a better readableness it has been desisted from direct links to the database. Nevertheless you will find some links to kennel and Afghan Hound websites in the following documentation.
